(Herniary Breastwort, Rupturewort, Smooth Rupturewort)

Consider this small green plant a semi-succulent, sun-loving version of the popular, tiny leaved groundcover, baby’s tears. European in origin, rupturewort is a beautiful ground hugger for containers and small gardens in frost free climates. Unlike baby’s tears, it produces a taproot which enables it to resist drought.

This evenly green plant has densely packed, tiny, oval leaves that create a blanket of green over time. It rarely flowers and when it does, the blooms are tiny and insignificant....

(False Yucca)

This small genus of desert plants contains just 3 species, which are native to the arid regions of Texas and northern Mexico. They are found in a wide range of soil types, and may grow in clay provided the ground is sufficiently sloped to drain water away quickly. This succulent plant produces tight, stemless clumps of narrow foliage that may be stiff and upright or softer and curved depending on the species. It retains its attractive appearance throughout both summer and winter seasons.

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(Redflower False Yucca)

This is a tough succulent perennial that blooms over an incredibly long season once temperatures rise in the southwestern summers. It is native to the arid lands of Texas and Mexico, growing in well-drained soils with both grasses and agaves. It is strong enough to endure reflected pavement heat in the medians of low desert highways if provided irrigation. Narrow leaves give it a fine texture. Its neat clumps slowly spreading slowly if adequate water is provided.

Red-flowered false yucca...

(Redflower False Yucca, Yellow Sun False Yucca)

This is a tough succulent perennial that blooms over an incredibly long season once temperatures rise in the southwestern summers. It is native to the arid lands of Texas and Mexico, growing in well-drained soils with both grasses and agaves. It is strong enough to endure reflected pavement heat in the medians of low desert highways if provided irrigation. Narrow leaves give it a fine texture. Its neat clumps slowly spreading slowly if adequate water is provided.

Yellow-flowered false yucca...

(Hesperoyucca)

This is a new genus created to contain just three species. They are all native to the American Southwest and northwestern Mexico. They are most prevalent in hot, dry, mountainous regions of the west where they have been used by Native Americans for soap, food and fiber.

This group is easily identified by its distinctive rosette form composed of many narrow, stiff leaves. These are hard and blue green, and typically tipped with a single wickedly sharp tip. These are stemless and ground hugging.

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(Chaparral Yucca, Our Lord's Candle, Quixote Yucca, Spanish Bayonet)

This is a new genus created to contain just three species. They are all native to the American Southwest and northwestern Mexico. They are most prevalent in hot, dry, mountainous regions of the west where they have been used by Native Americans for soap, food and fiber.

This group is easily identified by its distinctive rosette form composed of many narrow, stiff leaves. These are hard and blue green, and typically tipped with a single wickedly sharp tip. These are stemless and ground hugging.

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(Toyon)

Heteromeles arbutifolia is the only species in the genus. It is a tough, evergreen chaparral shrub or small tree admired for its bold clusters of glossy red berries that brighten the fall and winter landscape. It is long-lived, typically multi-trunked and has a dense, rounded crown. Natural populations exist in the Sierra Nevada foothills and canyons, Baja California and in the sage scrub plant communities along the California coast. It has also become naturalized in areas of Hawaii.

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(California Holly, Christmas Berry, Toyon)

A true California native, toyon is a tough evergreen chaparral shrub or small tree admired for its bold clusters of glossy red berries that brighten the fall and winter landscape. It is long-lived, typically multi-trunked and has a dense, rounded crown. Natural populations exist in the Sierra Nevada foothills and canyons, Baja California and in the sage scrub plant communities along the California coast. It has also become naturalized in areas of Hawaii.

Its lustrous, leathery leaves are deep...

(Alumroot, Marmalade Alumroot)

Full sun tough with incredibly hot color foliage, this small hardy perennial offers exciting looks all year long. It is one of the new cultivars of the old plant known as coral bells, which was grown primarily for its flowers. But contemporary breeding of American native Heuchera species has yielded a whole new generation of cultivars created exclusively for their colored leaves. This small clumping perennial is a perfect example, producing fancy ruffled leaves that feature brownish orange...

(Alumroot, Petite Marbled Burgundy Alumroot)

Developed by crossing larger, purple-leaf varieties with tiny alpine species, Heuchera ‘Petite Marbled Burgundy’ offers small, rounded bronze leaves with distinctive silver markings on extra-dwarf, cold-hardy plants. Airy panicles of tiny, pink flowers held on slender stems make a delicate but showy display in mid- to late summer.

Heuchera is happiest when grown in partial sun or bright filtered shade similar to that of a naturally open forest. In the South it requires...